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JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Petition against wiretapping law submitted to Diet

A civic group aiming to abolish a new wiretapping law on Monday submitted to the House of Representatives a petition with 19,730 signatures of people opposing the law.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Hatoyama calls 'e-Japan' nonsense

Opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama lashed out Monday against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's latest catchword "e-Japan," telling Mori at a Diet question-and-answer session that the public has no idea what the term means.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Abductions issue threatens normalization: Pyongyang

North Korea has warned it may walk away from normalization negotiations with Japan if Tokyo continues raising the issue of alleged abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Airlines told to take fees from deportees directly

The Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau has ordered airlines not to enlist security companies to collect money from passengers awaiting deportation to cover the costs incurred during their detention, bureau officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

Government debt surpasses 500 trillion yen, GDP

The government's outstanding debt at the end of June totaled 502.3687 trillion yen, up 9.1 percent from a year earlier and topping the 500 trillion yen mark for the first time, the Finance Ministry reported Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

Domestic auto output up for seventh month

Domestic motor vehicle production in August rose 7.1 percent on the year to 695,620 units for the seventh straight month of year-on-year rise, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Youths on motorcycles mug four; three hurt

Four people were attacked, three of whom were severely wounded, in separate robberies carried out early Monday by four young men on two motorcycles in northern Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2000

More facts, less politics, on education

At first glance, the interim report from the National Commission on Educational Reform, an advisory panel of the prime minister, appears cautious about revising the 1947 Fundamental Law on Education. In marked contrast to an earlier subcommittee report that explicitly supported a revision, the panel's...
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

Taiheiyo gains Philippine foothold

Taiheiyo Cement Corp., Japan's top cement maker, said Monday it has agreed to take a stake of about 90 percent in Grand Cement Manufacturing Corp. of the Philippines for about 9 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

New PCs come equipped with PHS

DDI Pocket Inc. and Fujitsu Ltd. announced Monday that they will release personal computers with built-in devices that allow wireless transmission of communications data.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Subsidized temps to cover holidays

The Labor Ministry has requested budget appropriations to partially fund temporary staff to replace vacationing workers at small and midsize companies so that workers can take longer holidays, ministry officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

Bridgestone offers free tire checks

Bridgestone Corp. said Monday that it will offer free inspections of nine types of imported Firestone tires produced in Decatur, Ill., since 1992.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Belgian royal couple visits museum

The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess on Monday took Belgian Crown Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde to the Tokyo National Museum to view artifacts unearthed in Japan from the Neolithic period.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

Share prices give up most of recent gains

Although the Tokyo stock market is still in a bit of a corrective phase, a light is beginning to flicker at the end of the tunnel.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Hopes to retool energy policy confounded

Kyodo News One year after a disastrous nuclear accident in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan is still trying to formulate a new national energy policy.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Obituary: Tokujiro Namikoshi

Tokujiro Namikoshi, a pioneer of shiatsu massage whose clients included Marilyn Monroe, died of lung cancer early Monday at a hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, his family said. He was 94.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Firms must set goals to reduce benzene

The Environment Agency will call on every factory in the petroleum, chemical, iron- and paper-making industries to set their own targets for reducing emissions of the suspected carcinogen benzene, agency sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

'IT cards' dropped from supplementary budget

The government decided Monday that the supplementary budget for fiscal 2000 will not cover "IT cards" that would have subsidized tuition for Internet-related courses, government officials said.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 26, 2000

Tokuyama to meet challenger Nago

super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama will take on ninth-ranked Akihiko Nago in his first title defense at a rearranged date and venue, boxing officials said Sunday. The bout, which was originally scheduled to take place on Dec. 3 or Dec. 11 at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, will now take place on...
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

Miyazawa returns from G7 Summit

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa returned to Japan Monday morning from Prague, where he attended a meeting Saturday of finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of Seven.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Obituary: Eiichi Kudo

Eiichi Kudo, 71, director of a string of samurai films, including the 1963 classic "The Thirteen Assassins," died Saturday of a brain stem hemorrhage at a Kyoto hospital, his family said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

1,200 try out new combined train-subway service

About 1,200 people tried out a new combined train-subway service linking lines in Kawasaki with those in Tokyo's Kita and Itabashi wards on Monday, ahead of today's official launch of operations.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 26, 2000

Welcome return of four classics

THE IZU DANCER, by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Edward Seidensticker. THE COUNTERFEITER; OBASUTE; THE FULL MOON, by Yasushi Inoue, translated by Leon Picon. Singapore, Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2000, 144 pp., $14.95. Here is a new, reset quality-paperback edition of one of the staples of modern...
CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
Sep 26, 2000

Voices of power and purity lilting out of Africa

I seem to see certain of my favorite African musicians whenever I take a trip away from Japan. I have now seen Senegal's Cheikh Lo in several European cities and in Co^te d'Ivoire, and am about to see him again at a festival in South Africa.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 26, 2000

Aussie singer-songwriter finds an authentic musical voice

"I must admit the music I do is a bit daggy," says Tokyo-based singer-songwriter Donna Burke with a laugh, rejecting any slick, "groovy" image in favor of the old-fashioned, down-to-earth comfort the colloquial Australian term implies.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2000

Thai Airways ordered to pay 34.5 million yen

The Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered Thai Airways International to pay 34.5 million yen to the family of a Japanese victim of a 1992 crash in Nepal that killed 113 people.
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Onosato's yokozuna promotion causes rare quirk in new sumo rankings
Newly promoted yokozuna Onosato holds a copy of the latest banzuke ranking in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Over 900 earthquakes strike Tokara islands in space of two weeks
A screenshot shows many quakes occurring in the Tokara islands over the past 30 days, in this image taken from the U.S. Geological Survey website.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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